Rail-joint.



A. WALKER.

RAIL 10m.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27. 1916.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed April 27, 1916. Serial N 0. 93,995.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ASA WALKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sourlake, in the county of Hardin, State of Texas, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The present invention is directed to improvements in rail joints, and more particularly to that type known as Scarf joints.

The invention has for its object to provide a rail joint constructed in such a manner that the adjacent ends of the rails can be easily and quickly interlocked and held against creeping or accidental displacement.

A further object of the invention is to provide a joint for rails constructed in such a manner that a rail section can be removed without removing the adjacent rail section.

With these and other objects in view, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formation, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevat'on of the device. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of one end of a rail section. Fig. 3 is a similar View of the other end of the section. Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4- of Fig. 1.

Each rail section comprises the usual base flange 1, web 2 and tread 3. One end of the web 2 terminates in a tongue 4:, said tongue forming in conjunction with the tread 3 a shoulder 5, said tongue having its lower end rounded, as at 6. The other end Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the V noted that the the web 2 is cut away as at 7 so that the adjacent end of the tread 3 extends beyond the end of the web. The extended end of the tread is provided with a recess 8 which opens downwardly and is alined with the space 9 formed between the extensions 10 carried by the base flange 1. It will be vertical edge of the tongue 4 is inclined slightly, and likewise the end of the web 2. sections meet on the ties 11 and are spiked thereto, certain of the spikes being engaged with the base flanges 1, while certain other of the spikes are engaged with the extensions 10.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a section can be conveniently removed upon withdrawing the spikes from engagement with the extensions 10 upon simply lifting one end of the rail upwardly. Since the tongue 4 has its lower end engaged between the extensions 10, and its upper end engaged in the recess 8, lateral movement of the rail sections is prevented.

What is claimed is The combination of the meeting ends of a pair of rails, one of said rails having its tread provided with a downwardly openin recess and its flange provided with spaced extensions, the other rail having its web terminating in a tongue, said tongue having its upper end adapted to engage the recess and its lower end to engage between said extensions, and means for securing the rails to the ties.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ASA WALKER. Witnesses:

J. W. OAMPBEIJJ, E. W. 0001:.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

The abutting ends of the rail I 

